Screenplays
These are the loglines to my completed, feature-length, screenplays. Let me know if you’re interested in reading any of the scripts.
Action
BLUNT FORCE— Action
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
A young woman fights a multinational private security corporation to rescue her kidnapped fiancé, only to realize that instead of an evil conspiracy, she is battling with the results of a life’s worth of psychological trauma.
HOME OF THE BRAVE— Action/Adventure
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
1999 Semifinalist — Nicholl Fellowships
2002 Second Rounder — Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference
Recognizing his former partner in a bank robbery a cavalier FBI agent tries to stop him and the militia behind it only to discover their greater threat to the area’s three dams and the real reason behind his partner’s involvement.
Comedy/Romantic Comedy
HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN— Comedy
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
After nagging his dad for something to do, Jesus is sent to Earth with the challenge of making humans “righteous and God-fearing,” but on his mission he finds an unexpected ally and marketing wiz in Judas Iscariot who, contrary to later stories, actually helps him get his message out.
DOs & DON’Ts— Romantic Comedy
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
A catty fashion editor questions her concept of beauty and the value of her advice when she meets a handsome and exotic African lobbyist on the same day she finds a picture of herself in her favorite magazine… as a Fashion Don’t.
PARENTING RULES!— Romantic Comedy
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
A newlywed, pestering his wife to get pregnant, wakes up in a world where everyone has to go through parenting training, be on-call for baby-sitting, and earn a license before getting pregnant.
SOMEDAY!— Romantic Comedy
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
A career medical student sees his life, fianceé, and the world change when “Someday” actually arrives.
Horror
LATENT IMAGE— Horror
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
2000 Semifinalist — Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference
A globetrotting photojournalist is haunted by the image of a little girl in his photographs.
FOUR SHADES OF BLACK— Action/Horror
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
2001 Second Rounder — Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference
A cop stumbles onto an ancient cult of supernaturally strengthened torturers and fights for his life as well as his identity as a good man.
Science-Fiction
TIMETRIPPER— Sci-Fi
By Melton Eduardo Cartes and Daniel Merritt
2002 Second Rounder — Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference
A homicide detective in the ’40s investigates a series of gruesome murders and tries to figure out their connection to his schizophrenic brother.
CONTROL HOME— Sci-Fi
By Daniel Merritt and Melton Eduardo Cartes
1999 Semifinalist — Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference
A bounty hunter on the trail of an organ scam artist comes to realize that he may have found the man who has his original hands.
OXYGEN WARS— Sci-Fi
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
2001 Second Rounder — Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference
After surviving serious injuries, a clone soldier gets left out of the war he’s a part of and rediscovers his humanity as well as the truth behind the war.
Western
PARABELLUM— Western
By Melton Eduardo Cartes
2002 Second Rounder — Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference
The Civil War continues for two men during Reconstruction when a Confederate soldier who has become a bandit learns that the Federal Marshal hunting him is his brother.
